Name: Banana Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: Shortening - ½ cup; White sugar - 1 cup; Milk - ½ cup; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups; Baking soda - ½ teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Very ripe banana, mashed - 1; Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon; Chopped walnuts - ½ cup; Butter, melted - 2 tablespoons; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Confectioners' sugar - 2 cups; Ripe banana - ½; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Lemon juice - ¼ teaspoon

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Cooking:

15 min.

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Ingredients for - Banana Bars

1. Shortening - ½ cup

2. White sugar - 1 cup

3. Milk - ½ cup

4. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

5. All-purpose flour - 1 ½ cups

6. Baking soda - ½ teaspoon

7. Salt - ½ teaspoon

8. Very ripe banana, mashed - 1

9. Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon

10. Chopped walnuts - ½ cup

11. Butter, melted - 2 tablespoons

12. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

13. Confectioners' sugar - 2 cups

14. Ripe banana - ½

15. Salt - ½ teaspoon

16. Lemon juice - ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Banana Bars

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.

2. Stage

In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth. Stir in the milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in 1 banana, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and walnuts. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.

3. Stage

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let bars cool in the pan on a wire rack.

4. Stage

To make the frosting: In a medium bowl, mix together the melted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, confectioners' sugar, 1/2 banana, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice using an electric mixer. Beat until smooth. Spread over cooled bars and then cut into squares.